December 4, 2024
A 19-member committee has been appointed to begin the search for candidates for the position of Vice President for Research.
The committee is co-chaired by Lisa K. Nolan, Georgia Athletics Association Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Ron Walcott, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School.
In addition to Dean Nolan and Dean Walcott, the search committee members are:
- Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, and Director, CACHE Lab, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Jody Clay-Warner, Meigs Professor of Sociology and Director, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Jamie A. Cooper, Professor and Department Head, Department of Kinesiology, Mary Frances Early College of Education
- Tim Denning, President and CEO, Georgia Research Alliance
- Charles A. Easley IV, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science, and Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health
- Derek Eberhart, Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director, Innovation Gateway
- Anumantha Kanthasamy, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Professor, John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair for Parkinson’s Research, and Director, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Stephen Mihm , Professor, Department of History, and Associate Dean, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Nathan Moore, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President
- Mary Ann Moran, UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Jessica Orbock , Senior Counsel for Research, Office of Legal Affairs, Director of Operations, Office of Research, and General Counsel, University of Georgia Research Foundation
- Ramaraja Ramasamy, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs, College of Engineering
- Mark Risse, Director, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, and Georgia Power Professor of Water Policy, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Gregory H. Robinson, UGA Foundation Professor, Department of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Harshavardhan Thippareddi, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Michael Tiemeyer, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Co-Director COE in Glycoproteomics, and Director, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
- Yana Zavros, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
The committee will be supported by the executive search firm of Isaacson, Miller and the UGA Search Group in Human Resources. Faculty, staff, students, or community members who wish to nominate candidates for consideration are invited to contact Michael Luthi, Director of the UGA Search Group, at [email protected] or 706-542-1837.
The position announcement is posted online.
